Culture war issues, lurid rumours of affairs, business dealings and questionable tax statuses are flying back and forth between candidates
On Monday, an ally of the home secretary,, was forced to admit he had shared a memo sent round Tory WhatsApp groups attacking Sunak’s record on the economy. Patrick Robertson denied being the author of the document when confronted by the Times but admitted he had shared it.
The memo gives a flavour of the bitterness likely to seep into the campaign against Sunak if he makes the final two. It accused Sunak of “a failed March 2022 budget that was a welter of contradictions, tax raises and sleights of hand that defied analysis, logic or comprehension”. The memo also said Sunak had “publicly lied not once but twice when seeking to explain his wife’s ‘non-dom’ tax status”. And it highlights the ex-chancellor’s supposed opportunism, saying he had “launched his campaign for the leadership of the Conservative party with a website domain registered in December 2021”.
“Getting ‘Ready for Rishi’ means supporting a candidate who, like Boris, landed a Partygate fine from the police for breaking lockdown rules.”, whose allies had briefed she had one of the most well-organised and insurgent campaigns with a high number of backers, has near disappeared from view after coming under fire for her previous vocal support of trans rights.
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